The AIIMS Bhubaneswar will celebrate its 4th Annual Convocation on January 7. Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare Dr Mansukh Mandaviya will grace the occasion along with Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Dr Bharati Pravin Pawar.
Informing this at a press meet on Wednesday, AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Prof Ashutosh Biswas said a state-of-art 36-bed Burn Centre at the AIIMS would be dedicated to the public by Dr Mandaviya. The Burn Centre has been set up by the NTPC at Rs 19.87 crore.
Besides, the dignitaries would lay foundation stone of a 150-bed Critical Care Hospital building at the AIIMS. This facility would be set up under the PM-Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission (PM-ABHIM) at a cost of Rs 192 crore. The guests would award Gold Medals to 40 meritorious students from different disciplines.
Dr Biswas said that in 2023, the AIIMS would start liver transplant, bone marrow transplant and cornea transplant facilities.